A US government privacy board dubs the NSA’s phone calls hoarding illegal and calls to shut… wait, it’s Justin Bieber. And so the Congresswoman being interviewed was dumped mid-sentence to report the “breaking news” of Bieber’s DUI arrest.

On Thursday, the MSNBC put out a report
by the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB)
slamming NSA hoarding of phone data, calling it ‘illegal.’ The
privacy watchdog, established by US Congress in 2004, also urged
President Barack Obama to end the NSA surveillance program.

Congresswoman Jane Harman was called in to discuss the
recommendation of the US government privacy watchdog. But as
Harman got round to urging Congress to “seriously consider
discontinuing section 215”, matters of national importance
were put aside.

“…We've got some breaking news out of Miami, stand by if you
will. Right now in Miami Justin Bieber has been arrested on a
number of charges," announced Andrea Mitchell, the MSNBC
news anchor, interrupting the congresswoman.

Matters of international importance were promptly shelved, in a
brouhaha surrounding the pop star, who was said to have been
charged with driving under the influence, driving with an expired
license, resisting arrest with a possibility of facing up to six
months in jail. If you were Congresswoman Harman, would you stand
by?